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Born 18 May 1951
Age 73
Birth Place Kithana, Rajasthan India
Profession Lawyer
Political Party Bharatiya Janata Party
In Office Governor Of West Bengal 30 July 2019 - 18 July 2022, Union Minister Of State For Parliamentary Affairs 21 November 1990 - 21 June 1991, Member Of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly 4 December 1993 - 29 November 1998, Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 2 December 1989 - 21 June 1991
Residence Vice President's Enclave, New Delhi

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Jagdeep Dhankhar BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 02 Feb 2025

Jagdeep Dhankhar, the 14th Vice President of India, is a distinguished lawyer, politician, and statesman. He has held various positions in the judiciary, legislature, and executive branches of government before becoming the Governer of Bengal in July 2019. Jagdeep Dhankhar was born on May 18, 1...

Jagdeep Dhankhar PERSONAL LIFE

Spouse	Sudesh Dhankhar (1979),
Education	University of Rajasthan (BA, LLB)

POSITIONS HELD BY Jagdeep Dhankhar

Position	Tenure
Member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly	N/A
Member of the 9th Lok Sabha	2 December 1989 - 13 March 1991
Governor of West Bengal	30 July 2019 - 17 July 2022
Vice President of India	11 August 2022 - Present

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JAGDEEP DHANKHAR NEWS

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Dhankhar’s swipe at judiciary: Can’t direct President or act as super Parliament

April 18, 2025 8:22 am

Referring to the Justice Yashwant Varma cash row, Jagdeep Dhankhar said judiciary's independence is not an impregnable cover against inquiry.

As Kharge seeks apology for Anurag Thakur’s remarks, Dhankhar says even PM was ‘subjected to insinuations with no remorse’

April 03, 2025 6:55 pm

Mallikarjun Kharge says in the Rajya Sabha that if BJP MP Anurag Thakur can’t prove his allegations, he has no right to be in Parliament.

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Climate change an existential challenge for our planet: V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar

March 31, 2025 3:20 am

Dhankhar also said that NGT, as an institution, is playing a crucial role in catalysing containment and was looking for solutions.

NJAC debate: Amid Justice Varma row, Congress bats for judicial accountability Bill, but with a note of caution

March 31, 2025 1:05 am

Party leaders say the collegium system has "largely failed", but should be careful about backing any Bill that gives government control over judicial appointments.

The NJAC was supposed to be a six-member body aimed at replacing the 1993 collegium system. (Illustration by C R Sasikumar)

Ram Madhav writes: Why judiciary must revisit the NJAC middle path

March 29, 2025 11:09 am

As Parliament is once again seized of the matter, it may be time both the judiciary and the executive give serious thought to the NJAC. After all, nobody can say that eminent justices like H R Khanna, V R Krishna Iyer or M N Venkatachaliah were political appointees just because they were appointed before the collegium system came into vogue

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Why NJAC was struck down by the Supreme Court, can it be brought back?

March 28, 2025 9:53 pm

The mechanism, which gave the government a foot in the door in appointing judges, was struck down by the SC in 2015. The discovery of cash at the residence of a HC judge has given the issue a new lease of life

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Delhi Confidential: Friends Outside House

March 26, 2025 2:31 am

DURING AN exchange on food security between Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge and Minister of Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi in the Rajya Sabha, the latter said everyone is the same outside the House.

Jagdeep Dhankhar on Delhi HC judge cash recovery

Supreme Court panel at judge home, Jagdeep Dhankhar revives NJAC debate: ‘Would have been different’

March 26, 2025 5:35 am

Dhankhar's remarks came on the day a three-member committee constituted by the Supreme Court began its inquiry into the conduct of Justice Varma and visited his residence in the afternoon.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar welcomes CJI inquiry into cash row

‘For first time since Independence...’: Jagdeep Dhankhar welcomes CJI move to make judge cash row video and materials public

March 25, 2025 4:38 am

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar expressed dismay at the incident of a large amount of cash allegedly being found at the home of Justice Yashwant Varma of the Delhi High Court.

Decode Politics: Amid judge cash row, V-P Jagdeep Dhankhar brings up NJAC Act— what was this law?

March 23, 2025 5:43 pm

In August 2014, almost all parties backed a law setting up a judicial commission to replace the Collegium system, with Arun Jaitley saying it was an aberration that the views of an elected government were not considered in the appointment of judges.

Will go after other targets if no peace, says Trump as US strikes 3 nuclear sites in Iran

IndiaSeptember 25, 2025

President Donald Trump said that the United States military had struck three nuclear-related facilities in Iran, marking a dramatic escalation in the ongoing conflict and a direct American role in efforts to dismantle Tehran’s infrastructure. The strikes represent the most significant direct US military action against Iranian territory in years and come amid rising regional tensions.

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